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Almost half of Haiti's injured may be children: studyWashington (AFP) Jan 27, 2010 US researchers said Wednesday they feared almost half of all those injured by the devastating Haiti quake may be children, urging relief agencies to plan accordingly. A statistical study by a specialist group at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California showed that those hurt in the January 12 quake will likely "include an extraordinarily high number of children, more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total." The study was conducted by Jeffrey Upperma ... read more |
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Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 28, 2010Amid the opulence of Davos, it was difficult for Josette Sheeran to talk about a country in such desperate need of cash and tents just to survive. In a town where it is hard go a day without an invitation to a grand meal during the World Economic Forum, the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) told how it is "every step a nightmare" in Haiti where bodies are still being colle ... more 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 28, 2010Former US president Bill Clinton launched an appeal for Haiti quake victims Thursday as doctors marveled at a girl's miracle recovery after 15 days buried in the rubble without food or water. Clinton urged global corporate bosses at the World Economic Forum in Davos to use the catastrophe which killed around 170,000 people as an opportunity to lift the devastated Caribbean nation out of gene ... more  
United Nations (AFP) Jan 28, 2010The UN Security Council on Thursday voted unanimously to renew for four months the mandate of the UN force in Ivory Coast to help with upcoming presidential elections. The 15-member body adopted a French-drafted resolution that decides to renew the mandate of the force known as ONUCI until May 31, "in particular to support the organization... of free, fair, open and transparent elections." ... more |
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Darfur peacekeeping head against Mideast-kind peace processKhartoum (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 The new chief of the UN-AU peacekeeping force in Darfur, Ibrahim Gambari, on Thursday expressed fears the peace process for Sudan's troubled western region could drag on like that of the Middle East. "We are actors in the supportive role. We want to do more than that but we are not the drivers of this process," said the Nigerian who is taking over as African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) head from Rodolphe Adada of the Republic of Congo. "We are supportive, we are behind the sc ... read more |
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